Alex Luce brings an unusual combination of deep technical expertise—holding a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from UC Berkeley and having co-founded energy companies—with a disciplined market-first investment approach that starts with macro research to define target markets rather than chasing novel technologies. At Creative Ventures, he runs a tightly thesis-driven process focused on step-change solutions to three specific macroeconomic problems: climate transition, healthcare costs with aging populations, and labor shortages, while also teaching commercialization at UC Berkeley and writing about how macro financial dynamics affect deep-tech investing. Alex Luce brings an unusual combination of deep technical expertise—holding a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from UC Berkeley and having co-founded energy companies—with a disciplined market-first investment approach that starts with macro research to define target markets rather than chasing novel technologies. At Creative Ventures, he runs a tightly thesis-driven process focused on step-change solutions to three specific macroeconomic problems: climate transition, healthcare costs with aging populations, and labor shortages, while also teaching commercialization at UC Berkeley and writing about how macro financial dynamics affect deep-tech investing.